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Elizabeth ArmstrongNova Scotia Provincial LibraryPhone: 902.424.2455 NOVA SCOTIA, Canada — Fifty-six of Nova Scotia’s regional public libraries will soon be able to provide their patrons with more access to computers…

Tim OwenLibrary & Information CommissionPhone: 020.7273.8715Email: [email protected] LONDON — The Library and Information Commission (LIC) announced today a gift of over $4 million (£2.5 million) from the Bill & Melinda…

Trevor NeilsonBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: (206) 709-3100Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The University of Washington has received an additional $10 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance…

Jennifer S. ArnoldPhone: 503.797.4537 PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has recently benefited from two major donations. A $450,000 gift from the Bill & Melinda…

BETHESDA, Maryland — The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today announced the single largest contribution ever received in its 44-year history — a $20 million grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda…

Valerie ChevrettePhone: 518.474.5961Email: [email protected] ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Library announced today that it has received a $7.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to…

Phil BremenCheryl ReedPhone: 317.232.4578 INDIANAPOLIS — Knowledge is power. And Hoosiers using Indiana’s public libraries will be able to tap into more of that power, thanks to a $2.8 million…

Cheryl VarnerPhone: 425.486.8138 BELLEVUE, Wash. — Helping Hands for the Disabled (HHD), a nonprofit agency that operates three residential homes for the developmentally disabled, will be replacing the floor coverings…

Linda WilliamsSAM Public RelationsPhone: (206) 654-3166Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Seattle Art Museum’s five-year endowment campaign has received an unprecedented boost with a $10 million, two-for-one, challenge grant from the…

Matilde RomanowskiPhone: 212.214.0298 NEW YORK — It was announced that the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region, Inc. announced today that it has received a $1,730,000 gift from the…